On Sunday, June 2, 2019, off-duty Philadelphia Firefighter Dennis McDaniels was competing in a triathlon in Cape May, NJ. Dennis, an experienced and avid athlete, suffered an apparent cardiac arrest during the swim portion of the race. Dennis leaves behind his wife, MaryEllen, of 11 years and the...
One of our rising seniors, Kwentyn Wiggins, was killed in a single car accident on June 10, 2019. There are no words to describe how devastating this loss is for our Branson community. Kwentyn was a bright light; his warm smile, wide grin and radiance enveloped all who crossed his path. His skill...
On the night of June 7, 2019 Taylor Sims passed away in a tragic car accident. His Wife, Daughter and Sons have been left to mourn and grieve the loss of a Husband and Father. Anything will help them through this extremely trying time. We are never prepared for things like this whether it be phy...
We have lost our best friend. Chris touched many lives, which has never been more apparent than now. He put so much of himself and his love into each and every relationship in his amazing life. Now it is our turn to give back to his family and show just how much he meant to all of us. Christoph...
Sridhar Ekambaram was 33 Years old, US immigrant from Chennai, India. He lived in San Jose with his wife Logeshwari (Uma) and 5 year old kid -Adheesh. He went to spend his weekend with family and friends to Big Sur. On the way they decided to have lunch in the Monastery beach. At that time unfort...
On June 4th 2019, the family of Mitch Raff along with the Millstone Township community learned of the loss of one of its own. The Raff family for years has been deeply interwoven into the fabric of the community, both socially and through lacrosse. Mitch’s sudden passing leaves our close-knit com...
On June 8th, 2019 our dear Mevludin (Mev) was involved in a life altering car accident due to a medical condition that occurred while he was driving. Mev was immediately rushed to the emergency room and placed in critical condition.. he suffered serious head trauma and had to have emergency brain...
What happened on Nov 2nd, 2018? It is the worst nightmare of every parent - on November 2nd, 2018, just 3 weeks after his little baby sister was born, 16-month old Rudra fell out of the 2nd-floor window while playing with his grandma. He was rushed to hospital with a severe injury on the left sid...
On May 19th, sweet, cheerful, strong Calla, 9 years old, was taken to the Emergency Room after several days of migraines and flu-like symptoms. Initial tests revealed multiple tumors were growing in many areas of her brain and she was immediately admitted to Norton Children’s Hospital. After mo...
Rui was the best of all people. He made us feel better about ourselves. He made us feel better about ourselves because he made us smile. He made us laugh. He made us laugh until we cried. He cared for us. There was no better father, husband, sibling, friend or person than Rui. Rui made eac...
In a tragic incident on June 7, 2019, Lola Gulomova, a Foreign Commercial Officer, and Jason Rieff, a Foreign Service Officer, passed away. For many of us, the loss of esteemed colleagues and cherished friends is unimaginable. Our grief is made worse by the fact that Lola and Jason leave behind t...
As some of you may have heard, our good friend, husband, brother, son, “Hawai’i” Jim Braddock was involved in a terrible accident on the Likelike yesterday, June 12, 2019. He’s currently in the ICU with very serious injuries to his brain and spine. Anyone who has met Jim knows he’s loud, fun...
On February 16th, 2019, Madeline Veitch and Andrés Pletch welcomed their daughter Agnes into the world. Since then, Madeline has experienced a succession of medical complications culminating in the most serious threat to her health to date. On June 5th, Madeline was rushed to the ER after collaps...
Jeanine Rosales-Moncada and her mother was involved in an accident where they unfortunately passed away. Please help us to raise funds to assist in memorial services and any unexpected expenses that may come up for her son Alvaro, who was also involved in the accident, and the family. Any contrib...
Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel is the daughter of Shelley and Ed Rosensteel. Moe was enjoying her first week out of school since graduating from Ringgold High school last week. While fishing with friends at Mammoth Park in Mount Pleasant, Pa, Moe’s life was cut short by a single bolt of lightening. Moe...
http://www.ktvu.com/news/boy-14-who-drowned-at-crissy-field-was-honor-roll-student-family-hopes-to-bury-him-in-ethiopia Bereketabe Yohannes, age 14, passed away tragically in a drowning accident on a beautiful sunny day in San Francisco. Bereketabe, a kind and spirited boy, had just graduated...
After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer and cancer-related illnesses, our beloved friend Jason Zdunich passed away on Monday June 10th, 2019. Jason lived his life in service of others as a member of our military and as a police officer in our community for 15 years. He leaves behin...
Our sweet, wonderful girl, Melissa Marchese was injured in a motor vehicle accident on June 13, 2019. Let’s all get behind Melissa and her family. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated. Thoughts and prayers to Melissa and the Marchese family during this extremely difficult time.
Monday June 10th Jackson Reavis was riding his motorcycle 3 blocks from home passing through the intersection of 75th and 35th and was hit by a truck. Medics on site resuscitated him twice and he was transported to Harborview Medical Center. Nicole Van Borkulo, his mom, Jimmy Reavis, his dad, a...
On Tuesday, June 11th, Nathan Robert Ullom (pictured right) lost his life. He was on a trip in Yellowstone National Park near Lewis Falls with his father and twin brother, Phillip (pictured left). That evening driving back to a campsite, their RV flipped, taking Nathan’s life and leaving Phillip...
On Saturday, June 8, 2019 , Emma was with friends in Lakewood, WI, celebrating an upcoming wedding. Emma and her friends were traveling on a bus when the emergency door opened and Emma fell out onto the highway. She was flown to St. Vincent's hospital where she is currently in the ICU. Emma exper...